# 2019–20 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season

The 2019–20 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season was the club's first season back in the Russian Professional Football League, the third tier of football in Russia, since 1996. Anzhi finished the previous season bottom of the Russian Premier League and where initially relegated to the Russian National Football League for the 2019–20 season. However, on 15 May 2019, the club failed to earn a Russian Football Union license for the 2019–20 season, recalled their appeal against the decision on 29 May 2019, dropping down to the Russian Professional Football League.

## Season events

On 3 June, Magomed Adiyev left the club after his contract had expired.
On 26 June, Anzhi confirmed that they had received a license to play in the Russian Professional Football League for the 2019–20 season, and that they were still unable to register new players due to outstanding debts.
On 28 September, Anzhi were docked six-points due to debt owed to former player Yannick Boli.
On 28 October, Valeri Barmin was dismissed as manager of Anzhi, with Artur Sadirov being appointed as Caretaker Manager the same day.
On 1 April, the Russian Football Union extended the suspension of football until 31 May.
On 15 May, the Russian Football Union announced that the Russian Professional Football League season had ended as of the result on 17 March 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic.

## Squad

    As of match played 15 March 2020
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Timur Magomedov | GK | (2001-12-20) 20 December 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 10 | 0 |
| 54 | Adam Shikhanmatov | GK | (2003-02-14) 14 February 2003 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Magomednabi Yagyayev | DF | (1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 25) | Youth Team | 2017 | 18 | 1 |
| 3 | Mukhtar Khanmurzayev | DF | (2000-11-23) 23 November 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2017 | 17 | 1 |
| 4 | Rustam Machilov | DF | (2000-02-23) 23 February 2000 (age 25) | Youth Team | 2016 | 15 | 0 |
| 5 | Alikadi Saidov | DF | (1999-04-02) 2 April 1999 (age 25) | Youth Team | 2017 | 15 | 1 |
| 15 | Radzhab Gusengadzhiyev | DF | (2001-10-07) 7 October 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 15 | 0 |
| 16 | Dzhamaludin Ipayev | DF | (2002-12-16) 16 December 2002 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | Shamil Abdurazakov | DF | (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2017 | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | Said Shikhaliyev | DF | (2001-05-22) 22 May 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Yusup Vagabov | DF | (2000-10-29) 29 October 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | 3 | 1 |
| 77 | Umar Magomedbekov | DF | (2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Magomednur Isayev | MF | (2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Mutaalim Magomedov | MF | (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | 18 | 0 |
| 9 | Razhab Magomedov | MF | (2000-10-03) 3 October 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | 15 | 1 |
| 10 | Chingiz Agabalayev | MF | (1997-01-29) 29 January 1997 (age 28) | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | 2018 | 18 | 1 |
| 13 | Dzhambulat Abdulkadyrov | MF | (1998-11-03) 3 November 1998 (age 26) | Orbita Krasnogvardeyskoye | 2018 | 17 | 1 |
| 14 | Sultan Isalov | MF | (2000-04-26) 26 April 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | Magomed Magomedov | MF | (1997-07-22) 22 July 1997 (age 27) | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | 2019 | 16 | 6 |
| 37 | Islam Khalimbekov | MF | (2000-04-29) 29 April 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 44 | Ramazan Kerimov | MF | (1999-01-03) 3 January 1999 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| 88 | Shakhban Gaydarov | MF | (1997-01-21) 21 January 1997 (age 28) | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | 2019 | 18 | 0 |
| 93 | Shikhamir Isayev | MF | (2000-12-10) 10 December 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | 11 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 19 | Salautdin Batyrbekov | FW | (2001-09-15) 15 September 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 7 | 0 |
| 70 | Muslim Shikhbabayev | FW | (1999-07-21) 21 July 1999 (age 25) | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | 2019 | 14 | 6 |
| 79 | Arsanbeg Murtazaliev | FW | (2000-10-19) 19 October 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 99 | Maksim Bogatyryov | GK | (1999-02-23) 23 February 1999 (age 26) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2017 | 10 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | Gamid Agalarov | FW | (2000-07-16) 16 July 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2017 | 22 | 5 |
| 17 | Abu-Said Eldarushev | MF | (2001-10-17) 17 October 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Aliaskhab Dubukhov | MF | (2001-01-18) 18 January 2001 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | Makhach Abdulkhamidov | FW | (2002-04-10) 10 April 2002 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2019 | 1 | 0 |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 99 | GK | RUS | Maksim Bogatyryov (at Avangard Kursk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Shakhban Gaydarov | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Magomed Magomedov | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala |
| Summer 2019 | FW | Muslim Shikhbabayev | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Aliaskhab Dubukhov | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Abu-Said Eldarushev | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | |
| Summer 2019 | FW | Makhach Abdulkhamidov | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | |
| 24 January 2020 | FW | Gamid Agalarov | Ufa | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 21 February 2020 | GK | | Maksim Bogatyryov | Avangard Kursk | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| Summer 2019 | GK | Aleksandr Budakov | | |
| Summer 2019 | GK | Yury Dyupin | Rubin Kazan | 13 June 2019 |
| Summer 2019 | DF | Igor Udaly | Rotor Volgograd | |
| Summer 2019 | DF | Anton Belov | Pyunik | 16 June 2019 |
| Summer 2019 | DF | Dmitry Belorukov | | |
| Summer 2019 | DF | Magomed Elmurzayev | SKA-Khabarovsk | 25 June 2019 |
| Summer 2019 | DF | Pavel Kaloshin | Akhmat Grozny | 5 July 2019 |
| Summer 2019 | DF | Yevgeny Gapon | Khimki | |
| Summer 2019 | DF | Nikita Chistyakov | Ural Yekaterinburg | 21 June 2019 |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Vladislav Kulik | Tambov | |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Shakhban Gaydarov | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Adlan Katsayev | SKA-Khabarovsk | |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Nikita Andreyev | Van | |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Gaël Ondoua | Servette | 2 July 2019 |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Magomed Magomedov | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Kamil Zakirov | Rubin Kazan | 13 June 2019 |
| Summer 2019 | FW | Ivan Markelov | Tambov | 9 July 2019 |
| Summer 2019 | FW | Juan Lescano | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 20 September 2019 |
| Summer 2019 | FW | Andrés Ponce | Akhmat Grozny | 4 June 2019 |
| Summer 2019 | FW | Nikoloz Kutateladze | Spartak Moscow | |
| Summer 2019 | FW | Ivan Ivanchenko | Armavir | |
| Summer 2019 | FW | Pavel Dolgov | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | |
| Summer 2019 | FW | Amur Kalmykov | Armavir | 10 June 2019 |

## Competitions
### Professional Football League
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 |

#### League table
### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 15 March 2020

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Professional Football League | Professional Football League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Timur Magomedov | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Magomednabi Yagyayev | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Mukhtar Khanmurzayev | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Rustam Machilov | 15 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Alikadi Saidov | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Magomednur Isayev | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Mutaalim Magomedov | 18 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Razhab Magomedov | 15 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Chingiz Agabalayev | 17 | 1 | 9+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | RUS | Dzhambulat Abdulkadyrov | 17 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Sultan Isalov | 12 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Radzhab Gusengadzhiyev | 15 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | RUS | Dzhamaludin Ipayev | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Magomed Magomedov | 14 | 6 | 11+3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | RUS | Salautdin Batyrbekov | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Shamil Abdurazakov | 12 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Said Shikhaliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | RUS | Islam Khalimbekov | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | RUS | Yusup Vagabov | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | RUS | Ramazan Kerimov | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | RUS | Muslim Shikhbabayev | 14 | 6 | 10+4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | RUS | Umar Magomedbekov | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Shakhban Gaydarov | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | RUS | Shikhamir Isayev | 10 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 99 | GK | RUS | Maksim Bogatyryov | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Anzhi Makhachkala during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | RUS | Gamid Agalarov | 15 | 5 | 14+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Abu-Said Eldarushev | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Aliaskhab Dubukhov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | RUS | Makhach Abdulkhamidov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Professional Football League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 17 | Magomed Magomedov | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | 70 | Muslim Shikhbabayev | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 7 | Gamid Agalarov | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 13 | Dzhambulat Abdulkadyrov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 43 | Yusup Vagabov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 3 | Mukhtar Khanmurzayev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Chingiz Agabalayev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 2 | Magomednabi Yagyayev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | 9 | Razhab Magomedov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 5 | Alikadi Saidov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 24 | 0 | 24 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Professional Football League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 99 | Maksim Bogatyryov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Professional Football League | Professional Football League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Timur Magomedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Magomednabi Yagyayev | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Mukhtar Khanmurzayev | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Rustam Machilov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Alikadi Saidov | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Magomednur Isayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Mutaalim Magomedov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Razhab Magomedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Chingiz Agabalayev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Dzhambulat Abdulkadyrov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Radzhab Gusengadzhiyev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Dzhamaludin Ipayev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Magomed Magomedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | Muslim Shikhbabayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Shakhban Gaydarov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | Shikhamir Isayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 99 | GK | Maksim Bogatyryov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Anzhi Makhachkala during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Gamid Agalarov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 61 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 2 |